We have vacancies for internships in several areas at our head office located in Oslo. From here, we coordinate NRC’s activities all over the world. Oslo is also home base for NRC’s expert deployment NORCAP, which annually send out hundreds of Norwegian and international experts on missions worldwide for the United Nations and other organisations. In addition, head office is responsible for designing our refugee policies, and works on influencing actors on international level as well as in Norway.

The interns must be enrolled in a course of study and pursuing this internship as an integral part of the course/study connected to a Norwegian institution of higher education. The internship must give student credits. The internships are unpaid.

What will you bring:  

Interest in humanitarian issues and/or the relevant area of work

Be independent, reliable and structured

Eagerness to learn

Skilled in Microsoft Office

Fluency in English

A list of our vacant internship positions, with links to the job descriptions including specific tasks and competencies can be found below:

• Social Media and Communications Intern External Relations
• Media and Communications Intern Advocacy
• HRMS Adoption Intern Global HR
• HRMS Configuration and Maintenance Intern Global HR
• Head Office HR Intern
• Cash Assistance Intern
• Housing, Land and Property Rights Intern
• Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance Intern
• Digital Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance Intern
• Global Finance Intern
• Global Programme Section Intern
• Safe and Inclusive Programming Intern – Gender
• Inclusion and Empowerment Intern NORCAP
• CashCap Intern NORCAP
• Global Fundraising Intern
• Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Intern
• Institutional Partnership Intern
• Livelihoods and Food Security Intern
• Shelter and Settlements – Communication and Marketing Intern
• Global Reward Intern – Global HR

What makes an internship at NRC’s Head Office attractive?  

A valuable and enriching opportunity for students interested in a career in the humanitarian sector;

A challenging and exciting opportunity in an international workplace dedicated to advocating for the rights of people forced to flee;

A set of tasks involving more than coffee making and basic administrative work in a dynamic and high-paced environment

Free lunch in the head office canteen

Personnel insurance coverage, including travel insurance if the intern will travel

Practical:  

The internships in this advertisement will take place during the spring semester of 2025 starting at the end of January.

The internship period is a minimum of 8 weeks (about 2 months), and the duration depends on how many credits you get from your academic institution.

We are flexible when it comes to attending classes, lectures, and part time jobs and open for part time internships. However, we encourage students to have full time internships if possible.

The internships are at NRC’s head office in Prinsens gate 2, Oslo.

We are also looking for people who share our values:  

To be dedicated in what we do;

To be innovative with our solutions;

To act as one unified and inclusive team;

To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the beneficiaries that we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

Are you interested? Please apply through our online application tool and attach a cover letter and your CV in English. Kindly specify the top 3 internship positions from the list you are applying for. If your profile and/or interests match any of our vacancies, you will be contacted for an interview with us. We look forward to receiving your application!

Important: Only students enrolled in a course of study and pursuing this internship as an integral part connected to a Norwegian institution of higher education are eligible for these roles. The university must be willing to sign a tri-partite agreement with NRC Head Office and provide an attestation confirming that the internship gives study credits.  

For any questions, please write to henny.kjelland@nrc.no with “Internships” as a subject.

ABOUT US

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across several countries providing emergency and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP (Norwegian Capacity), our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas, or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety, and security risks. NRC takes this seriously, and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take them away.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.